I wish people knew that diabetes… …looks like my beautiful fiancée. Rachel lives every day with Type 1 since she was 15. That means every day she has to be perfect to make sure her blood sugar is correct. She doesn’t get a day, an hour, or even a...

My pancreas doesn’t provide insulin to me like theirs does, but I can do it pretty well with my insulin pump. My diet is not much different than other people’s, but I just count the amount of carbs (and protein and fat too since I’m at it) that I put...

After spending a great week at the Children With Diabetes, Friends For Life Conference in Orlando, I have been reflecting on what I want people to know about diabetes and what I want other people with Diabetes to know about how Diabetes is for other people who...

I’m lucky, my family has always been supportive of what it takes to live with diabetes. But I don’t live with my family. I live with roommates and I have friends that live really close by. They’re there when we’re traveling. Or walking. Or...

Here’s a few things I wish people knew about diabetes. Originally posted on my blog: https://bittersweetdiagnosis.com/2016/04/21/iwishpeopleknewthatdiabetes/ I wish people knew that diabetes is not a punchline. How often have we heard or seen this: ‘Omg look at that...

May make me exhausted EVERY SINGLE DAMN DAY, but I still get up, can raise my daughter, be a good wife, mum, work, and can live a practically normal life…if you can call injecting 5 times a day normal… Heather Scott...

The 2nd Annual #IwishPeopleKnewThatDiabetes Day is happening on April 20th (Wednesday on this side of the hemisphere,) on the twitter and beyond. I hope with all my heart that you will participate and share your feelings using the #IwishPeopleKnewThatDiabetes...

#IwishpeopleknewthatDiabetes means that you are continually being judged – even in a place that’s supposed to be filled with holiday cheer. And that’s effed up. Dear Lady at the Christmas Party, I know that you meant well, I really do. But when you...

As a parent of 3 kids with diabetes I feel like I am an authority regarding how diabetes is never a one-size-fits-all disease. Not that any chronic diseases are OSFA. I read a lot of blog posts, Facebook posts, and twitter posts and the thing that bothers me most in...